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Is it rude to not finish your food?
Leaving food on your plate is not an insult. What is rude at someone's home, at a restaurant and as a host, and why…
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Cooking without rules, and tables worth sitting at.
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How to cut onions without crying (and what doesn’t work)
Why onions make you cry, the few methods that genuinely help, and the kitchen myths, from bread in your mouth to a candle by…
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What to bring to a dinner party (and what to leave at home)
The best gift for a host creates no extra work. Wine or not, flowers or not, what to do when they say bring nothing,…
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How to keep bread fresh for longer
Crusty loaves, sourdough and sliced bread each want something different. Where to keep them, why the fridge is a mistake, and how to freeze…
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How to store fresh herbs so they don’t wilt
Soft herbs like a drink, woody herbs like a damp wrap, and basil hates the cold. How to keep a bunch fresh for days…
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How to host a relaxed dinner party
You do not need to be a confident cook to give a good dinner. You need a plan that does most of the work…
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Cooking for one without wasting half of it
Food is sold for households of four. How to shop, store and cook for one so that most of what you buy gets eaten.
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The quiet luxury of eating alone in a restaurant
The best meal I had last year, I ate alone on a Tuesday. On the sympathetic head tilt, ordering the pudding anyway, and why…
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Food is not a moral test
We have built a vocabulary in which lunch can make you a good or bad person. On what that language does, and what it…
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I refuse to turn every meal into a punishment
Somewhere between the commentary and the compensating, eating stopped being a pleasure and became an administrative task. On getting the table back.